Category: archives

  • Joseph F. Trimboli

       Joseph Francis Trimboli, 77, of Monroe, died Sunday, June 4, at his residence.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a lifelong New York resident before moving to Monroe in 1999. Mr. Trimboli attended St. Francis College in New York, was an Army veteran, and retired as vice president of Sterling National Bank. He was a…

  • MHS doubles enjoyed states

    By: Ken Weingartner    Getting to play in the state tournament was a good experience for Monroe High’s doubles team of Matt Sepe and Kevin Murtha. It’s one that first singles player Ken Stanley would have liked to enjoy, too.    Stanley, a senior, qualified for the individual tournament, but had to withdraw for medical reasons. He…

  • Langhorne Hotel

    This Colonial-era inn and tavern offers a wide range of selections at moderate prices, and you’ll leave with enough food for another meal. By: Amy Brummer    The first thing to know about eating at the Langhorne Hotel is that the entrance is around back near the parking lot. If you enter from either of the…

  • Self-injury trend confronts Princeton University

    Survey indicates 20 percent of women and 14 percent of men at two schools have engaged in practice By: Hilary Parker    The percentage of Princeton University students who have at some point engaged in self-injurious behaviors is greater than the percentage of applicants admitted to the university each year, according to a study published in…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of June 9 Thanks to Green, Clean folks To the editor:     I wanted to personally thank everyone who has helped with the Green and Clean Team environmental projects that have happened in Hightstown over the past few months.    During our Earth Day events on April 29, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony…

  • Opening activism

    Her battle with Twin Rivers now playing to larger audience By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Disputes over the color and style of front doors opened the way to what is now Margaret Bar-Akiva’s battle against a "Trojan horse."    There might be no better way to begin chronicling a decade for an activist that began…

  • Hamilton

    "Hamilton," a lovable, 3-year-old male cat, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Hamilton" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Graduate student works to free father jailed in Taiwan

    Daughter sees "a political witch hunt" By: Hilary Parker    More than two weeks have passed since Princeton graduate student Rosalyne Shieh’s father, Ching-Jyh Shieh, was arrested in Taiwan in what Ms. Shieh describes as "a political witch hunt."    Formerly Taiwan’s National Science Council deputy minister, Mr. Shieh resigned from his position following his May 24…

  • You’ve Got To Have Heart

    Frank Russo and Gene Racz pay tribute to players baseball has forgotten. By: Josh Appelbaum    It takes a lot of heart, and an equal amount of shoe leather, to satiate baseball fans’ hunger for the long-buried anecdotes, facts and statistics of the national pastime.    Since the mid ’90s, Frank Russo, creator and maintainer of thedeadballera.com,…